Over the past few years, the city of San Jose has implemented many comprehensive policies in order to reach zero emissions by 2030. In analyzing the breakdown of vehicle and building emissions, the city can assess the effectiveness of programs such as Climate Smart San Jose and move towards the future with a clearer picture of what can be improved and who should be targeted to reduce emissions within the city. The following assesses vehicle and building (residential and commercial) CO2 emissions in Downtown San Jose (zip codes 95112 and 95113). Downtown San Jose is the source of a lot of commute and commercial activity and therefore emissions for the city. This is an important but also epistemologically difficult area to target who is responsible for reducing emissions.
Using LODES Data, this section will analyze the commutes to and from Downtown San Jose.